Survey: McCain, Palin doing less well with younger evangelicals

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http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/09/29/mccain-palin-doing-less-well-with-younger-evangelicals/

DALLAS - Republican presidential contender John McCain still retains strong support from white evangelical Protestants, but the 72-year-old Arizona senator’s appeal fades with younger voters from this flock.

That is the findings of a survey that was just done for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.

It found that McCain has the support of 71 percent of white evangelical Christians versus 23 percent for his Democratic rival Barack Obama.

But the numbers narrow somewhat for evangelicals under the age of 30, to 62 percent for McCain to 30 percent for Obama.

McCain has solidified his support with this important component of the Republican base with his choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin – a staunch conservative Christian and mother of six — as his running mate.

But the survey found that while older white evangelical women were among Palin’s most ardent supporters, women below 30 from that group were far less enthusiastic about her.

It found Palin’s favorability rating among white evangelical women below 30 was only 46 percent; compared with 65 percent for white evangelical women over 30.

President George W. Bush took close to 80 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2004, underscoring its importance to the Republican Party.

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1. Mother of how many?

McCain has solidified his support with this important component of the Republican base with his choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin – a staunch conservative Christian and mother of six — as his running mate.


:scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. They gave her a mulligan.

[riqster]

3. The other two may have been with her lover....

hey, who are we to question the Enquirer?

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5. Haha!

SNAP!

Maybe they know something we don't. D:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. You mean being a MILF doesn't help?

Oh the humanity.

[polichick]

6. Many young evangelicals are environmentalists these days - maybe that's part of it.